Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage, right, and Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Chairman & CEO Bruton Smith answered questions during Texas Motor Speedway's 'Big Hoss TV" press preview in Fort Worth, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. The 94ft x 218ft screen on the backstretch of the track will be the largest HD video board in the world at sporting venue. Its built to withstand winds of 120 mph. Fans watched the latest episode of Duck Dynasty with actors from the show in attendance. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)

Brian France, NASCAR’s chairman and chief executive officer, promised “robust discussion’’ about the 2015 Sprint Cup schedule. France wants to look for ways to lessen the chance of weather disruptions while giving NBC, a new broadcasting partner, an attractive package for its 20 races.

Texas Motor Speedway will be an outsider in those talks.

TMS president Eddie Gossage said there have been discussions with NASCAR about the schedule. TMS would like to avoid going against the opening of deer season, as has recently been the case for its fall race. The AAA Texas 500 on Nov. 2 will also compete against a Formula One race at Circuit of the Americas in Austin.

Gossage expects more of the same when the NASCAR schedule is finalized in September: the seventh race of the season in April and the eighth race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup in November. He also has a handshake agreement with IndyCar chief executive officer Mark Miles for the Verizon series to return on June 6, 2015, for a night race.

“We keep hearing rumors of possible seismic changes next year, but I’m not aware of anything that would affect Texas Motor Speedway,’’ Gossage said. “We’ve certainly talked about the opening of deer season in Texas and the importance of options to that date, so NASCAR is well aware of its impact.

“They have local issues to balance in every market. I think they would like to accommodate a change there if possible, but I haven’t heard of any that might occur. If they could help us, I’m sure they would.’’

If NASCAR were truly feeling benevolent, it would let TMS stage the season-ending race, a winner-take-all event in the new Chase format. Gossage and TMS could elevate what has become an out-of-the-way event into a grand happening in a major media market.

It will be a cold day in Miami before TMS gets that chance.

France indicated the season will continue to end at Homestead-Miami Speedway. NASCAR’s championship event barely causes a ripple on the South Florida scene, but that is not the only consideration.

International Speedway Corp., a sister operation to NASCAR, owns Homestead-Miami. If the schedule is shuffled, ISC will not be left hanging. It already has the season opener at historic Daytona International Speedway and the final pre-Chase race at Richmond International Raceway.

France ticked off the reasons. Great fall weather. What he said is a good market, something no other sporting operation would claim. A 1½-mile track that, according to France, is the best on the circuit for the drivers.

“They can really race hard and compete,’’ France said. “It’s a very important thing. When you factor all those things in, we’re going to be in Homestead for the foreseeable future.’’

ISC owns six of the 10 tracks that have Chase races. Bruton Smith’s Speedway Motorsports Inc. has three Chase tracks: New Hampshire, Charlotte and TMS. Those tracks can swap dates with each other, but there has been no movement toward that in the SMI operation.

Gossage said he expects to soon complete work on the details and sign the sanction agreement that will bring back IndyCar for another year. The switch in leadership to Miles has triggered an era of good feelings between IndyCar and TMS.

“It’s a pleasure doing business with him,’’ Gossage said.

IndyCar has shown an increased appreciation for the importance of TMS to its series, which has lost substantial ground to NASCAR. This will be the 18th consecutive season with an IndyCar race at TMS. The series has a longer relationship with only one track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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